Swiss TPH

Main Topic of PhD and Supervisor

• "Health Information Systems in Tanzania and the Integration of new information Technologies" supervised by Prof. D. Desavigny

Current Research Projects

• Linking of Clinical and Demographic Information systems in rural Tanzania –Importance for public health and epidemiological studies
• Development of Personal Data Assistant (PDA) for Household Surveys in Demographic Surveillance Systems Tanzania
• Multi country evaluation of awareness and use of internet based health information initiatives; it involves Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Cameroon Senegal and the Gambia.
• Management and implemenation of a centralised National Malaria Control Database in 60 districts in Tanzania

Main Interests

• Information systems and their role on health systems and epidemiological studies
• Emerging information and communication technology and their role in health ifroamtion systems and epidemiological studies
  

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